ScottishWorkers

This is the twitter account for the Scottish Trade Union Congress Disabled Workers' Committee. We are keen to improve working conditions and accessibility.

[ScottishWorkers @disabledSTUC]

If you're not pissed off by the way we #disabled people have been ignored, put in danger, and gaslit for the last two years, you're not paying attention.

#BorisJohnsonOut

[ScottishWorkers @disabledSTUC]

If anyone wants to have a final check of party manifestos today before voting, @InclusionScot can point you to the #EasyRead versions in the quoted tweet.

#GeneralElection2024

[Inclusion Scotland @InclusionScot]

👇 Easy Read Party Manifestos available as of 2nd July 2024:

✅ Labour Party: Yes
https://t.co/s2sLxZei3m

✅ Conservatives: Yes
https://t.co/DcD0SeNgsN

✅ Liberal Democrats: Yes
https://t.co/hX8wc7BxNU

✅ Green Party: Yes
https://t.co/hYTMidAWjV

[ScottishWorkers @disabledSTUC]

Use less violent language, @ScotTories, that's disgusting.

[Scottish Conservatives @ScotTories]

🗳 The polls are open 🗳

Let's get out there and hammer the SNP 🔨

In key seats across the country, only a vote for the @ScotTories can stop them.

[ScottishWorkers @disabledSTUC]

Happy Voting Day!

If you've already voted, in person or by post, thank you 😊

Let get the vote out for #DisabilityRights

#GE2024

[STUC @ScottishTUC]

🏇Never mind betting at the bookies, the politicians should instead take a punt on us – Scotland’s workers.

Read STUC General Secretary @RozFoyer in her weekly @heraldscotland column.

#GeneralElection2024

[Deafblind Scotland @dbscotland]

And last but not least, a very recent achievement...

Andrew, has graduated with a First-Class Honours degree in English and Creative Writing!

We are all so excited to see Andrew excel in his future career.🌟

#DeafblindAwarenessWeek #RightToBeSeenAndHeard

[Z2K (Zacchaeus 2000 Trust) @Z2K_trust]

There's less than a week left to ask your parliamentary candidates to defend vital support for seriously ill and disabled people. Take action today👇

https://t.co/onXpabw1GT

[Disability Rights UK @DisRightsUK]

We sent the #DisabilityScorecard to 13 political parties.

Each party was asked 5 yes/no questions on 10 topics based on the #DisabledPeoplesManifesto. Only 3 parties replied.

For full analysis, check out the link below:

https://t.co/9XgKP8wnb3

[ScottishWorkers @disabledSTUC]

Do you know what would be lovely?

If political parties bothered to #AltText their images so that us #blind people could be included too.

Alt Text isn't difficult- describe the picture, name the people in the photo, transcribe the written information.

[Roz Foyer @RozFoyer]

Workers united will never be defeated ✊💖

[We Care Campaign @WeAreCarers]

Do you know the policies of different political parties on supporting unpaid carers?

[Deafblind Scotland @dbscotland]

Julie Ferguson, highlights how deafblindness shapes her identity. Yet, in Scotland, there’s no option to identify as deafblind.

Learn more about our campaign to change this📝 https://t.co/gHuNXl6xyk

#DefiningDeafblindness

[The ALLIANCE @ALLIANCEScot]

This week is #DeafblindAwarenessWeek. However, Scotland lacks a formal definition of Deafblindness. We support @DBScotland's definition of Deafblindness - can you?

Find out more here: https://t.co/ybEWDYdmqu

#ScottishSensoryHub #DefiningDeafblindness #RightToBeSeenAndHeard

[ScottishWorkers @disabledSTUC]

I'm actually #deafblind so it took over two hours to realise that one of my hashtags is wrong! LOL

#DeafBlindAwarenessWeek

[ScottishWorkers @disabledSTUC]

A fantastic event, supporting people who are #DeafBlind

#DefiningDeafblindness
#DeafBlindAw

[Deafblind Scotland @dbscotland]

Our ‘Seen and Heard: Recognising and Defining Deafblindness’ event at the Scottish Parliament was a success!

Thank you to all of our speakers! And a special thank you to everyone who attended the event, we really appreciate all the support.

#DefiningDeafblindness

[STUC @ScottishTUC]

The second workshop on offer at our Disabled Workers Conference today was run by Let's Be Heard, who are part of @covidinquirysco #STUCDWC23

[Joyce Stevenson @jhstevenson3]

Gary Clark ⁦@CWUnews⁩ retired now promoting ⁦@StammeringUnion⁩ Guest speaker telling #stucdwc23 about the organisation and saying it’s now time for me to give something back to disabled workers. ⁦@CwuScotlandNo2⁩ ⁦@cwu_scotland⁩

[STUC @ScottishTUC]

This afternoon at our Disabled Workers Conference Julie from @EISUnion led the workshop on reasonable adjustments.

The aim of the workshop was to collect ideas to create a toolkit for union reps to use in the workplace #stucdwc23

[NASUWT Scotland @NASUWT_Scotland]

Scotland President Linda Gibson proposing Motion 10 Clean Air #stucdwc23

No one should be harmed by the air they breathe!

[NASUWT Scotland @NASUWT_Scotland]

Afifa Khanam proposing Motion 9 on Sick Pay and Disabled Workers.

The pandemic shone a light on the inadequacy of statutory and contractual sick pay provisions: as a result of Long Covid, many more
employees are unfit for work for over 12 months.
#stucdwc23